Creating Drawings in CAD

Creating a Drawing Drawings communicate ideas Standards define drawing properties Inventor® process Create a part Create a drawing Place base view Project views from base (multiview and isometric) Dimension multiviews

Drawing Creation Create a part (.ipt file)

Drawing Creation Create a drawing file (.idw file)

Drawing Creation Drawing page will look like this

Edit Title Block Information Presentation Name Course Name Unit # – Lesson #.# – Lesson Name Edit Title Block Information Expand Sheet:1 in the Browser Select Field Text Enter info in appropriate fields

Creating a Custom Drawing Tutorial Introduction to Engineering DesignTM Unit 2 – Lesson 2.4 – Drawing Presentation Standards Drawing Units Change drawing units Go to Tools tab Choose Document Settings Under Standard tab, Change Annotations Project Lead The Way, Inc. Copyright 2007

Create Base View Select Base in the Create panel Select part file, scale, and move to position Choose the orientation on the View Cube

Project Views Select Projected Place view locations on the drawing Right-click last view and select Create

Change Isometric Color Right-click isometric view Click Edit View Shaded and Scale to 1/2

Dimension Multiview Select Dimension under the Annotate tab Click reference for extension lines Move cursor away from view Click to place dimension

Example Drawing